Seed bank
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seed-bank-207-13068799
title:
Seed bank
text:
A seed bank stores seeds to preserve genetic diversity; hence it is a type of gene bank. There are many reasons to store seeds. One is to preserve the genes that plant breeders need to increase yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, nutritional quality, taste, etc. of crops. Another is to forestall loss of genetic diversity in rare or imperiled plant species in an effort to conserve biodiversity ex situ. Many plants that were used centuries ago by humans are used less frequently now; seed
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Backup seed storage
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_bank
date created:
2002-10-29T23:41:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:37:03Z
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